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Gareth

Commodore of Water Music
Now, I know there are alot of you organists out there, I just wanted to tell you of the new instrument that I am playing. I find it like a mini orchestra (no wonder why Bach and earlier composers were such great orchestral composers too).

Thats all, any suggestions or comments?

Gareth.
 

Krummhorn

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Gareth,

Sounds interesting ... how many keyboards or 'stops' does it have? Is there a brand name on this instrument?
 

Gareth

Commodore of Water Music
I think the organ that the church has that I was playing on started with a w... All the things stops are in german so perhaps I should learn German as well!

Check out this link my music teacher sent to me.

The Organ Society of Sydney go to Sydney organs – and scroll down to Sydney Town Hall.

Lovely pictures. This one has a 64' stop.
 

Krummhorn

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Gareth,

Could this be a WERSI instrument? My organ teacher had a 3 manual electronic organ that I think could have been a Wersi; I do know it started with the letter 'w'. That was back in 196 ... :crazy: well, let's just say it was lots of years ago :rolleyes: I do know that it was not a winded (pipe) instrument, and the stop names were German.

Organ stop names can be in a good many languages, but the most common are German, Italian and French. There is a wonderful encyclopedia of organ stops for reference: Encyclopedia of Organ Stops Some have sound clips.
 
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